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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Magid A Abou-Gharbia, Glen Mills, PA (US);
John P Yardley, Gulph Mills, PA (US);
Ian A Cliffe, Slough, GB;
American Home Products Corp., New York, NY (US);
John Wyeth & Bro., Maidenhead, GB;
Abstract
Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is alkyl; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are alkyl or taken together they are polymethylene, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 complete a 5-norbornen-2-yl moiety; X is --CO.sub.2 --, --OCO--, --OCO.sub.2 --, --N(R.sup.7)CO--, --NHNHCO--, --ON(R.sup.7)CO--, --CON(R.sup.7)--, --N(R.sup.7)CO.sub.2 --, --OCON(R.sup.7)-- or --N(R.sup.7)CON(R.sup.8)--, wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, substituted phenyl or substituted benzyl in which the substituents are halo, alkyl alkoxy, cyano, nitro or perhalomethyl; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, phenyl, benzyl, substituted phenyl or substituted benzyl in which the substituents are hydroxy, halo, alkyl alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, carbalkoxy, carboxamido, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino; R.sup.6 is phenyl, benzyl, 2-, 3-, or 4-pyridinyl, 2-pyrimidinyl or 2-pyrazinyl any of which may be substituted by one or more hydroxy, halo, alkyl alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, carbalkoxy, carboxamido, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino; n is one of the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with the proviso that when X is --CON(R.sup.7)-- and R.sup.7 is alkyl, R.sup.6 is other than 2-pyrimidinyl, and when X is --CO.sub.2 -- and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are methyl and n is 1, R.sup.6 is other than 3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)phenyl are antidepressant and/or anxiolytic agents.